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Toy Con

PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 10:10 am
by wmpyr
I went to a toy con not too long ago.
they had Chinese mini Transformers. In a small box about
3 inches in height, 2 inches wide. I was tempted to get it, he said it was a build it yourself, and I was looking at a Tripticon and 2 of sound waves cassette tape in one package. Suppose to be near accurate in transformation. I was wondering how the quality was.
He said that if they were Japanese he would charge another digit.
he was selling these things for about $7-8 US dollars.
He warned me how the box cover art was not always accurate and did not show the correct content inside. I think one had a cover of blaster but the content was someone else. anybody have info on these things?

PostPosted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 12:29 pm
by waaaaghlord
These are Chinese KOs of the Kabaya candy toys from the 80s. Apparently they are made using the original moulds. I've put together quite a few recently, the quality on some is as good as the originals on others quite poor due to mould degredation. I've been getting mine from this ebay seller http://stores.ebay.co.uk/id=266500&ssPa ... MEFS:MESST
He's pretty well priced and the item descriptions highlight whether there are any particular difficulties with a particular mould. If you're a fan of the WST line then the city bots and micro sized versions of the Headmasters and Masterforce characters are definately worth a look.